Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Yavachyar |
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| Formal name | Yavakshara | |
Other names Tips！ | Karam (M) | |
| English name | Impure Carbonate of Potash | |
| Original plant name | Hordeum vulgare Linn. (Potassium carbonate), Impure Carbonate of Potash | |
| Family name | Gramineae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | others |
| Collection information | Kingdom of Nepal, Kathmandu , Kilagal tole M.G.M. Shakya | |
| Collection date | 1991/04/28 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| Remarks | Used part is ash. | |
| TMPW No. | 14740 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Yavaksara (Ash), Impure Carbonate of Potash | ||||
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| Synonyms | Yavasuka, Pakya | |||||
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| Original plant name | Hordeum vulgare Linn. (Potassium carbonate) | |||||
| Family name | Gramineae | |||||
| Used part | Ksara | |||||
| Distribution area | Throughout India; cultivated. | |||||
| Common uses | This drug is used in urinary diseases, dropsy, uric acid diathesis leading to gout and rheumatism, uterine irritability, piles, colic, cardialgia, dyspepsia, enlargement of lymphatic and secreting glands as the breasts, testicles, mesenteric and scrofulous glands, also of the liver, spleen and salivary glands. In strangury or painful micturition, carbonate of potash with sugar is a very efficacious remedy. | |||||
| Therapeutic uses | Sula (colic), Amavata (morbidity of vaatha), Svasa (asthmatic conditions), Galamaya (diseases of the throat), Pandu (anemia), Arsas (haemorrhoids/hemorrhoids), Grahani (sprue syndrome), Gulma (phantom tumour/tumor), Ajirna (indigestion), Kasa (cough), Krcchra (dysuria), Visadosa (poisoning), Adhmana (distension of the abdomen), Amlapitta (acid dyspepsia). | |||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | |||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Katu (Pungent) | ||||
| Virya (Potency) | Usna (Hot) | |||||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Unctuous) | |||||
| Karma (General action) | Dipana (appetiser), Pacana (digestive), Hrdya (good for heart), Svedapravartaka (sudorific). | |||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Vata Kapha | |||||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Mutrala (diuretic) | |||||
| Formulation | Ksaraghrta, Ksaragutika. | |||||
| Comments | According to one of the references the chemical composition is mainly Potassium chloride more than Potassium carbonate. It also contains Potassium bicarbonate, Potassium sulphate and Potassium carbonate. | |||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | Indian Materia Medica, Vols. 1-2, 1976 (Repr. 1989). Nadkarni, A.K., Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Bombay Vol. 2, pp 88-90. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 3, pp 132-133. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2023/12/27 | |||||
